Thursday, September 1, 2011

(GUEST POST) Chef In Disguise: Euro Pane's Lemon Squares

Chef in Disguise is a Orthodondist by day, wife, mother, and passionate food blogger by night. I have been following her for some time and have come to regard her as a friend. She invited me to be a guest on her blog a few months ago. I enjoyed the experience so much that I wanted to return the favor and showcase her passion for food. Her food is a fusion of her eastern culture and the west.

Thank you, Sawsan for sharing this delicious recipe with us. Please visit her blog for more of her delicious offerings and beautiful food photography.

Base:

2 cups (8.5 ounces) flour

2/3 cup powdered sugar, sifted

1 cup (2 sticks) chilled butter, cubed

Heat the oven to 350 degrees. In the bowl of a stand mixer using the paddle attachment, or in a large bowl by hand, mix together the flour, powdered sugar and butter until they come together to form a dough.

Press the dough into a greased 9-inch-by-13-inch baking dish. Bake the crust until golden-brown, about 20 minutes. Remove and cool. Reduce the oven temperature to 300 degrees to bake the bars.

Filling:

8 eggs

3 cups sugar

1 1/4 cups lemon juice (from 12 to 13 lemons)

1/2 cup (2.1 ounces) flour

Prepared crust

Powdered sugar for dusting

In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs, sugar, lemon juice and flour. Pour the filling into the prepared crust.

Place the dish in the center of the oven and bake at 300 degrees until the custard is set, about 40 minutes. Cool to room temperature, then dust with a light coating of powdered sugar before serving.

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Early Inspiration

As a young girl living on a small island in the South Pacific, Mia frequently visited her beloved grandma who lived in a tiny countryside village. Though her grandma only had a tiny kitchen with no refrigerator and a makeshift outdoor stove, she enjoyed cooking everything from scratch using fresh ingredients that she herself organically raised and farmed... with lots of love!

Mia has long since sampled a wide variety of unique foods from around the world, but her inspiration, passion, and appreciation for REAL food still originates from her Grandma. Mia tries to source everything from local farms or farmers markets when possible, using mostly fresh, wild, pastured, or organic ingredients.

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